Remote reading temperature instrument



Jan. 15, 1946. sco-r-r REMOTE READING TEMPERATURE INSTRUMENT Filed Dec. 20, 1944 lnventbr z Richard Scot y Hmttorney.

Patented Jan. '15., 1946' REMOTE READING TEMPERATURE INSTRUMENT Richard Scott, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, assign or to General Electric Company, a corporation oi. New York Application December 20; 1944, Serial No. 588 ,970

In Canada March 22, 1944 1 Claim.

My invention relates to electrical measuring instrumen'ts and particularly to direct current telemetering systems and apparatus.

, The object of my invention is to Provide a reliable and accurate arrangement which will indicate variation in a resistance which may be' at a remote point. v

Another object of my invention is to provide 3 an electrical temperature measuring apparatus having-a transmitter which will not be affected by vibrations.

Another object of my invention is to provide a measuring'instrument which will readily be adapted to give full scale deflection for any v'desiredrange oi resistances to be measured.

Further objects and advantages of my invention will become apparent from/the following detail description 01' my invention taken in connection with the accompanying drawin in which Fig. 1 is-a diagrammatic showing of one form of 20 current responsive instrument to which my invention has been applied: Fig. 2 is a showing similar to Fig; 1 of a modified form of my' invention.

n the drawing I have shown somewhat die- 25 grammatically the magnetic structure of the type of current responsive instrument described in United States Letters Patent No. 2,274,451 of :February 24, 1942.' an annular stationary magnetic field structure III of highly permeable material and having an air gap I8 is provided with windings II and I2 which are energized by direct current so that the direction of the flux lines in the member I 0 are opposite. The lines of force of the resultant magnetic field assume a direction across the annulus dependent on the relative magnitudes of the ampereturn in the windings. A cylindrical magnet I l is rotatably mounted on its cylindrical axis, coaxially with the annulus III. The magnet isoi high coercive force 40 magnetic materialja suitable example of which is described in the above-mentioned patent, and

is magnetized along a diameter of the cylinder, the direction of the magnetic axis being indicated by-the characters N and S. The rotor It carries a pointer' I4 cooperating with a scale I5 which may be suitably graduated. As the magnet is inductively relatedto the windings II and I2, its magnetic axis lines up with the lines of force of The windings I I and Il are preferably spaced an. equal distance from the gap It and when they have an equal number or ampere turns the magnet in lines up with its axis in line with the gap.

moving the windings Ii and I2 towards and away from each other, the farther they are from the ap the greater the length of the scale. It will be apparent that the maximum deflection of the pointer to the left will occur when the windins' I2 is deenergized and the winding II energized,

and the maximum deflection to the right will" occur when the winding II is deenergized and the winding I2 is energized: A damping ring which may be oi copper or other current conduct material is interposed between the magnetic structure II and the rotor magnet IL In accordance with my invention I provide a resistor having a high temperature coeflicient of resistance, preferably negative, ,and so connect it and a, source of direct current energy to the windings that at one end of the range of resistance to be measured oneof the windings predominates over the other and the predominance of this winding diminishes as the temperature to be measured moves along the range to be covered.

Referring to Fig. 1, the windings II and I; are each made up of two coils indicated as Ha, I lb and I211, lib respectively. A resistor made of material having a high temperature coeflicient of resistance in the range of temperatures to be measured is shown at IT. I have found a carbon resistor which has a hi h negative coeflicient to be a suitable resistance and the description which follows applies to such aresistor. The resistor may be enclosed in a bulb I8 adapted for application to a part whose temperature is to be meas ured andis connected to the remainder of the apparatus, which may be located elsewhere, by a single pair of wires i9 and 20.

As shown in Fig. 1, the coils Na and Ila are connected in parallel through the resistor II with a source oi direct current which I have indicated as a battery 2|. The'coil I lb is connected across th battery through a resistor 22 and the coil lib is connected across the'battery through a resistor 23. The'coils Ila and Nb, forming one winding, are arranged in bucking relation to one another and the coils Ho and I212, forming the other winding; are also arranged in bucking relation to one another. For a mid-scale deflection the direction and magnitude oi! the fluxes produced by the coils may be indicated by the arrows adjacent the resultant field irom'the windings I ,l and I2. such coils; While the coiis- 01' each winding are shown displaced for clarity, they will be wound one over the other and occupy the same position.

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RICHARD SCO'I'I'. 

